Sunday, July 18, 2010

conventional wisdom

I always hear optimistic people say that we have to go through hard times because they make us appreciate the good times even more.

But if this is true I would like to take a moment to reflect on the opposite. Does knowing there are good things in the world make it harder when going through hard times. Does knowing that you have friends out there make loneliness even more palpable? I had a nice day yesterday with one of my closest friends. I was so happy to spend some time with her and her lovely son. Now today I feel desperately lonely and sad. Nothing particularly earthshaking happened today that would depress me, but yet I am so down in the dumps. I wonder if I would be so sad if I wasn't so happy yesterday.

Maybe I'm just a pessimist.

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